Audit and quality assessment of national persian registry of cardiovascular disease(N-PROVE) in terms of comorbidities, angiography, and angioplasty characteristics in Iran.

Background: The National Persian Registry of Cardiovascular Disease (N-PROVE) has been established to provide a comprehensive database of cardiovascular diseases in the Iranian community for further investigations and to develop national guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD). As with most clinical registries, a quality control audit is necessary to ensure a comprehensive and accurate registry; the current study aims to assess the validity and quality of the N-PROVE/Angiography/Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) registry.

Methods: The current cross-sectional quality assessment study serves as an example of data quality assessment in N-PROVE on a sample of patients registered in the N-PROVE/Angiography/PCI registry since 2020.

Update of the clinical guideline for hypertension diagnosis and treatment in Iran.

Background: This article introduces the updated version of the Iranian guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension in adults. The initial version of the national guideline was developed in 2011 and updated in 2014. Among the reasons necessitating the update of this guideline were the passage of time, the incompleteness of the scopes, the limitation of the target group, and more important is the request of the ministry of health in Iran.

Self-rated health and its determinants in patients with hypertension in Isfahan in 2019.

Background And Objectives: Self-rated health (SRH) serves as an assessment of contentment regarding one's social, mental, and physical well-being and has been linked to both cardiovascular mortality and morbidity. Nonetheless, the relationship between SRH and medical outcomes in individuals with hypertension unsettled. This research endeavors to pinpoint the determinants that affect SRH in Iranian patients with hypertension.

Antianginal effects of empagliflozin in patients with type 2 diabetes and refractory angina; a randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled trial (EMPT-ANGINA Trial).

Introduction: Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are emerging antidiabetic agents with various potential cardiovascular benefits. The EMPT-ANGINA trial examined the effect of empagliflozin on the angina burden in those with concurrent type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and refractory angina (RA).

Method: In this 8-week, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial, 75 patients with T2DM and RA were randomly assigned to one of two groups: empagliflozin (n = 37) and placebo (n = 38).

Trends in the burden and determinants of hypertensive heart disease in the Eastern Mediterranean region, 1990-2019: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.

Background: Hypertensive heart disease (HHD), one of the end-organ damage consequences of hypertension, is an important public health issue worldwide. Data on the HHD burden in the Eastern Mediterranean region (EMR) are scarce. We aimed to investigate the burden of HHD in the EMR, its member countries, and globally from 1990 to 2019.

Genetic variation in salt taste receptors impact salt intake and blood pressure.

So far, few studies have examined the effect of salt taste receptors genetic variation on dietary intake in the Iranian population. We aimed to evaluate associations between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in salt taste receptors' genes with dietary salt intake and blood pressure. A cross-sectional study was carried out among 116 randomly selected healthy adults aged ≥ 18 in Isfahan, Iran.

Priority setting in cardiovascular research in Iran using standard indigenous methods.

Background: Determining cardiovascular disease (CVD) research priorities is essential given the high burden of these diseases, limited financial resources, and competing priorities. This study aimed to determine the research priorities in CVD field in Iran using standard indigenous methods.

Materials And Methods: An extensive search was done in relevant international and national studies.

Assessment of Metabolic Risk Factors and Heart-Healthy Lifestyle in Atherosclerotic Coronary Artery Disease Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention after a 6-Month Follow-Up.

Background: Mortality due to acute coronary syndrome (ACS) has dramatically diminished because of performing life-saving interventions. This study aims to assess the metabolic risk factors and heart healthy lifestyle following the first episode of ACS under percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) treatment after the 6-month follow-up.

Materials And Methods: This is a longitudinal study conducted on 40 patients who underwent PCI because of the first episode of ACS.

Comparative Assessment of the Effects of Hydroxyethyl Starch and Normal Saline on Severe Hypotension in Patients with Aluminum Phosphide Poisoning: A Retrospective Study.

Background: Aluminum phosphide poisoning is one of the most common forms of poisoning which requires immediate and urgent treatment.

Objective: This study aimed to compare the efficiency of two solutions, including hydroxyethyl starch and normal saline, in treating hypotension in patients with aluminum phosphide poisoning.

Methods: This retrospective cohort study was conducted on 35 patients with aluminum phosphide poisoning.

Evaluation of correlation between digital vs. mercury sphygmomanometer in a middle-income country: The role of socio-economic situation.

Background: Using manometer sphygmomanometers as standard measurement tool, there are controversial data regarding accuracy and validity of digital manometers for measurement of systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP). Thus, we aimed to compare the accuracy of readings of digital sphygmomanometer in reference to mercury sphygmomanometer in a large population of healthy adults.

Methods And Materials: This cross-sectional study was performed on 1119 healthy adults.

Morning Exercise at School and Sedentary Activities are Important Determinants for Hypertension in Adolescents.

Background: This study was performed to determine the association of Pre-hypertension/hypertension (pre-HTN/HTN) with leisure-time activities and morning exercise at school in a sample of Iranian adolescents.

Methods: This secondary study has done using data of 1992 adolescents participated in of Isfahan Healthy Heart Program. The outcome variable was having/not having pre-hypertension/hypertension (pre-HTN/HTN).

A paradoxical change in economic inequality in presenting visual acuity between 2009 and 2014: a nonuseful decline.

Background: Despite the widespread literate on health inequalities and their determinants, changes in health inequalities over time have not received enough attention.

Aims: To measure and decompose the over-time changes in economic inequality in presenting visual acuity measured using Logarithm of the Minimum Angle of Resolution.

Methods: We analysed 4706 participants who had complete data on presenting visual acuity and economic status in 2009 and 2014 in the Shahroud Eye Cohort Study.

Association between ambient fine particulate matter with blood pressure levels among Iranian individuals admitted for cardiac and respiratory diseases: Data from CAPACITY study.

Background: The relation between air pollution and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) risk factors, especially blood pressure (BP) levels, has been less frequently assessed. The aim of this study was evaluating the association between air pollutants of less than 2.5 µm [particulate matter (PM2.

Decomposing educational inequality in maternal mortality in Iran.

Given the significance of educational equality as one of the key social determinants of health in maternal health outcomes, the present study aimed to assess maternal mortality inequality and its main contributors based on the level of education amongst mothers living in Isfahan, Iran. In this case-control study, all 171 maternal deaths in the Isfahan Province during 2001-2016 were taken from the national maternal mortality surveillance system (as a case group). For the control group, 523 mothers who were alive were selected from 22 health centers located in 21 cities in the province of Isfahan.

Relation between Hemoconcentration Status and Readmission Plus Mortality Rate Among Iranian Individuals with Decompensated Heart Failure.

Background: Hemoconcentration (HC) has been suggested to be a useful biomarker for determination of optimum diuretic therapy in acute heart failure (HF), but role of this factor in rehospitalization and death was still controversial. In this study, we aimed to define relation between HC and readmission and mortality rate among Iranian patients with acute HF.

Methods: This was a prospective cohort study done from March 2017 to March 2018 using data of a HF section of Persian Registry Of cardioVascular diseasE.

Comparison of survival rate and complications of percutaneous coronary intervention, coronary artery bypass graft, and medical treatment in patients with left main and/or three vessel diseases.

Background: The probable complications of 3 different cardiovascular diseases treatment options including percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), and medical therapy (MT), especially in individuals suffering from left main (LM) and/or three vessel diseases (3VDs), have received less attention. Thus, the aim of this study was to compare the complications of the aforementioned therapeutic strategies in patients admitted with LM coronary artery disease (CAD) and/or having 3VDs.

Methods: From March 2018 to March 2019, a total number of 251 eligible individuals (87, 86, and 78 subjects treated with PCI, CABG, and MT, respectively) were recruited in this cohort study.

Rationale and Design of the Persian CardioVascular Disease Registry (PCVDR): Scale-Up of Persian Registry Of CardioVascular DiseasE (PROVE).

We aimed to present the methodology of a national registry entitled "Persian CardioVascular Disease Registry (PCVDR)." Persian Registry Of cardioVascular diseasE (PROVE) was a demonstration registry conducted in Isfahan since 2014 to test the feasibility and practicality of PCVDR in Iran. Built on that experience, the first phase of PCVDR that consist of angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) registry at national level started in March 2017.

Diabetes and all-cause mortality, a 18-year follow-up study.

This study compared mortality rates and decline in life expectancy of Iranian patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) with the general population. A retrospective study of 2451 patients with T2DM was conducted in the Isfahan Endocrine and Metabolism Research Center, Iran, between 1992 and 2010. The mean (SD) of diabetes duration and median (Q1,Q3) of follow-up period were 15.

Evaluating the effect of garlic extract on serum inflammatory markers of peritoneal dialysis patients: a randomized double-blind clinical trial study.

Background: Garlic can be considered as a useful natural herb in inhibition of inflammation. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of garlic extract in lowering inflammatory markers in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients.

Methods: In this parallel-designed double blind randomized clinical trial, 42 PD patients at the Shafa dialysis center, Tehran in 2017 were included.

Prevalence, awareness, treatment, control, and risk factors of hypertension among adults: a cross-sectional study in Iran.

Objectives: Hypertension (HTN) is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Considering the importance of this disease for public health, this study was designed in order to determine the prevalence, awareness, treatment, control, and risk factors of HTN in the Iranian adult population.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 2,107 residents of Isfahan, Iran.

Body mass index and the all-cause mortality rate in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Aims: The relationship between obesity and mortality rate among diabetic patients is a controversial topic. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between obesity and all-cause mortality risk in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Methods: In this retrospective database study, 2383 patients with type 2 diabetes, who had been registered in the Isfahan Endocrine and Metabolism Research Center, Iran, were enrolled between 1992 and 2010.

Economic Inequality in Presenting Vision in Shahroud, Iran: Two Decomposition Methods.

Background: Visual acuity, like many other health-related problems, does not have an equal distribution in terms of socio-economic factors. We conducted this study to estimate and decompose economic inequality in presenting visual acuity using two methods and to compare their results in a population aged 40-64 years in Shahroud, Iran.

Methods: The data of 5188 participants in the first phase of the Shahroud Cohort Eye Study, performed in 2009, were used for this study.

Irritable bowel syndrome is concentrated in people with higher educations in Iran: an inequality analysis.

Objectives: Like any other health-related disorder, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has a differential distribution with respect to socioeconomic factors. This study aimed to estimate and decompose educational inequalities in the prevalence of IBS.

Methods: Sampling was performed using a multi-stage random cluster sampling approach.

Gastric perforation after cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Gastric rupture is a rare complication after cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). In most cases, incorrect management of airways during CPR is the main cause. Therefore, a medical emergency becomes a surgical emergency also.